The new IT building

deRanged · 11-06-2008 3:08pm #1

I was on a site visit to the new IT building yesterday , and I brought my camera. This will you an idea of the style and layout of the building. I should be able to go again in a couple of months and get better shots of the interior as they start to fit it out.

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Skud · 12-06-2008 10:37am

It opens around christmas i think. Just when i finish my degree

Should be massively impressive, is already

deRanged · 12-06-2008 10:43am

The hand over to UCC is scheduled for Jan 12 2009. Commissioning the interior will take a fair while, then it'll be fully open for business from that September.

deRanged · 08-11-2008 3:34pm

I was on a tour of the building again this week, and took some photographs of the insides of the building.

This is the main lecture hall:

There's lots of space and light in the main corridor:

plus plenty of gardens/atrium spaces for more light inside the building:

if you're thinking about a post grad you'll be in an office like this:

more here, I can't wait to move in.

KnifeWRENCH · 08-11-2008 5:49pm

Looks very nice! Thanks for those shots

redroar1942 · 08-11-2008 9:08pm

Enjoy those photo's all. That money pit is one of the main reasons UCC is pushing so hard for the reintroduction of fee's.

440Hz · 09-11-2008 12:42pm

deRanged wrote: »

There's lots of space and light in the main corridor:

This bit looks very like CSIS in UL. ALmost identical really.

D-Generate · 09-11-2008 3:09pm

What departments/faculties are going there? I assume its those departments currently holed up in the Kane building at the moment like computer science.

deRanged · 10-11-2008 2:42pm

D-Generate wrote: »

What departments/faculties are going there?

That I know of : Computer Science, Maths, App. Maths, Stats, Biomedical, Micro electronic engineering. There's probably more, I just pay attention to Computer Science. Not all are from the Kane, there's going to be a fairly major change around next year.

440Hz wrote:

This bit looks very like CSIS in UL. ALmost identical really

Probably the same architects! I doubt there's all that many people that work on buildings like this one.

D-Generate · 10-11-2008 4:39pm

Micro-Elec are moving in there? Damnit, i have had to walk down to the Butler Building for the past 4 years and now they move when I'm about to leave the place. Can't believe they are moving to a new building, there is only two full time lecturers who work out of the Butler building and one of those is set to retire soon. There is a rediculous amount of post-grads there though.

440Hz · 10-11-2008 4:45pm

deRanged wrote: »

Probably the same architects! I doubt there's all that many people that work on buildings like this one.

Yeah, most likely!

Oh ps, I finally made it to my desk

deRanged · 10-11-2008 5:37pm

440Hz wrote: »

Yeah, most likely!

Oh ps, I finally made it to my desk

nice one. I was afraid to ask

coffee and bison grass vodka in my office some day so!

440Hz · 10-11-2008 5:38pm

deRanged wrote: »

nice one. I was afraid to ask

coffee and bison grass vodka in my office some day so!

sounds like an excellent plan!

deRanged · 31-03-2009 2:26pm

so, the latest update on the "Western Gate Complex".

small 2€ on exit swipe controlled car park:

very airy building, lots of light

288 person main lecture theatre.

something like 4 lifts, and tons of nice wide staircases:

nice garden out the back:

walkway and new bridge over to Brookfield HSC:

still out the back, by the river:

the ground floor canteen, has outdoor spillout area:

can't wait to move in. click for big on all images.

eoin99 · 31-03-2009 3:12pm

Great photo's. It looks really impressive. The walkway connecting the building to Brookfield would really cut down the walk from Victoria Cross to Brookfield!! Just arriving at the wrong time for me i'm afraid!:(:(

keane2097 · 31-03-2009 6:31pm

This is a great thread - fair play to yo deRanged, the pics are really interesting...

ReacherCreature · 31-03-2009 11:41pm

Nice pics DeRanged.
Any idea of the cost anyone?
Just wondering. :cool:

Jayeire · 01-04-2009 7:42am

Cannot wait for that walkway to be open, gonna be so handy for Vic Mills people to get to Brookfield HSC.:D

Charlie 22 · 01-04-2009 11:04pm

ReacherCreature wrote: »

Nice pics DeRanged.
Any idea of the cost anyone?
Just wondering. :cool:

Its costing €65 million euro to build according to this article:http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ucc-in-cash-crisis-as-unapproved-building-goes-up-135533.html
Its a total waste of money in my opinion considering the financial troubles UCC is currently in and the present economic climate. I know the work on this building commenced when times where better but it seems that the building is far too big and stylish. I mean the brookfield HSC is not at full capacity yet nor will it be for sometime. Maybe existing buildings should be utilised fully before new ones are built. I just don't see the point of it all but i'm sure i'll be shown the light

thebigcheese22 · 02-04-2009 2:34pm

Charlie 22 wrote: »

Its costing €65 million euro to build according to this article:http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ucc-in-cash-crisis-as-unapproved-building-goes-up-135533.html
Its a total waste of money in my opinion considering the financial troubles UCC is currently in and the present economic climate. I know the work on this building commenced when times where better but it seems that the building is far too big and stylish. I mean the brookfield HSC is not at full capacity yet nor will it be for sometime. Maybe existing buildings should be utilised fully before new ones are built. I just don't see the point of it all but i'm sure i'll be shown the light

I think when we're in recession is the best time to invest in education. When it opens this year, it will provide much better facilities for Computer Science and other courses, improving the course for students and ensuring that when first years graduate, and the recession is (hopefully) over, we will be able to build that knowledge economy which is our great shining hope to build a more sustainable country, without the need for a constant building boom.

ReacherCreature · 02-04-2009 10:29pm

Charlie 22 wrote: »

Its costing €65 million euro to build according to this article:http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ucc-in-cash-crisis-as-unapproved-building-goes-up-135533.html

Thanks.

thealltimelow · 10-04-2009 6:45pm

will bis be going in here?

deRanged · 10-04-2009 7:09pm

thealltimelow wrote: »

will bis be going in here?

no.
BIS will stay in the ORB.

and I suspect the cost is well north of 65million by now.

thealltimelow · 10-04-2009 7:11pm

ok than

KnifeWRENCH · 10-04-2009 7:19pm

Cheers for those photos.

Place looks really nice. Since the Maths department is moving in there, I'll probably have lectures and stuff there. So much more impressive than Aras na Laoi!

deRanged · 10-04-2009 8:15pm

square_igloo wrote: »

I'll probably have lectures and stuff there.

if you're in maths you should (it's a guaranteed as anything in UCC is) have all your lectures there.
The new system is that a student should never need to leave the building they are in, so no more traipsing to Connolly from AnL and so on. That's the theory of course!

KnifeWRENCH · 10-04-2009 8:32pm

I'm Maths and Physics, so while my Maths lectures may all be there, the Physics ones will still probably be split between the Kane and the ORB.
I actually like walking around campus going to different buildings (except when it's raining of course)

thebigcheese22 · 10-04-2009 9:20pm

Reminds me of this!

rebel girl 15 · 13-04-2009 12:49pm

will very single maths lecture, including maths studies etc be over there or will some stay on campus? i really don't want any more walking than i already have!

Anna Kelly · 21-04-2009 9:55pm

Do you know if BIS is moving? I like the ORB.

Burklert · 21-04-2009 11:58pm

deRanged wrote: »

no.
BIS will stay in the ORB.

and I suspect the cost is well north of 65million by now.

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The new IT building

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